Chicago man arrested on drug charges in Rockford

February 03, 2009

A Chicago man has been arrested on drug trafficking charges in Rockford, according to the Rockford Register Star.

The article said that Ahmed Hussen Hassan was charged with controlled-substances trafficking, unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance after he was arrested receiving a package containing a plant from Africa that is banned in Illinois.

According to the newspaper report, U.S. Immigration and Customs officials had intercepted the package, which had been mailed from Switzerland, and had discovered that it contained seven kilograms of khat, a plant that grows in Africa and is a controlled substance in Illinois.